August 10th Session

Leadership for Adaptive Work

Session Resources:

• Slides

• Heap map – worksheet

• Authority audit – worksheet

• Faction mapping – worksheet

• Final reflection – worksheet

Follow-up Resources:

• Balcony practices – KONU handout

• Excerpts from “Leadership on the Line” by Ronald A. Heifetz and Marty Linsky:

  • Orchestrate the Conflict

  • Keep Confidants, and Don’t Confuse Them with Allies

• “Operating Across Boundaries: Leading Adaptive Change” by Ronald A. Heifetz

August 4th Session

Unpacking Challenges in Jewish Organizational Life: What’s REally Going On?

Prep Work:

• Watch from 1:35 - 5:11 of this YouTube video on Adaptive Leadership

• Read “The Work of Leadership” by Ronald A. Heifetz and Donald L. Laurie

Session Resources:

• Slides

• Technical vs. Adaptive Challenges – parsing worksheet

• Recording – password is Wexner!August4

Follow-up Resources:

• “Distinguishing Technical Problems from Adaptive Challenges” (book excerpt) by Ronald Heifetz, Alexander Grashow, and Marty Linsky

• “On the Balcony” – KONU’s new podcast, exploring the book Leadership without Easy Answers by Ronald Heifetz

  • Good starts are:

    • Episode 3 – for the authority/leadership distinction

    • Episode 6 – for partnering across boundaries

    • Episode 2 – for working within disequilibrium